Margaret M. Fossett

Margaret M. Fossett died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Fla. She was 87.

Margaret was the beloved wife of 65 years to Edward J. Fossett Jr.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Ellen Usher MacDonald, and sister of the late Benjamin, Ernest, John and Charles MacDonald.

Margaret was a resident of Swainton, N.J., having formerly resided in Bonita Springs, Fla., Yardley and northeast Philadelphia. In her later years, she had spent her summers in Sea Isle, N.J., and winters in Bonita Springs, Fla. "Marge" was an avid bowler, golfer and shopper, and will be remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother and homemaker. She was loved by all.

In addition to her beloved husband, Edward, Margaret is survived by her children: Edward Fossett and his wife, Susan; John Charles Fossett and his wife, Joanne; Michael Fossett and his wife, Cherie; Thomas Fossett and his wife, Karin; Kathleen Phillips; Mary Ellen Roberts and her husband, Michael; Joseph Fossett; and Michelle Bray and her husband, Brian. She is also survived by her 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, March 14, at Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, and her funeral Mass at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, 999 Reading Ave., Yardley. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Grace Cemetery in Langhorne.

In lieu of flowers, donations to a charity of a donor's choice can be made in her memory. "Love and God Bless."